Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1887-08-09
OREGON NEWS.
Everything Of General Interest in a
Condensed Form.

TuW county tpi iih'.
i Diphtheria is prevalent in some
parts Of of Douglas county.
Il A large number Of brick buildings
are being erected in Albany.
The bridge across the Yamhill at
Dayton has been condemned.
i The postofiice az Dilley, Washing
ton county. has been discontinued.
/ White men have taken the place of
Chinese on the Gold Hill sec ion OF
railroad
The right OF way for the railroad has
been secured from Ashland to the Cal
ifornia line.
The 81 900 foot-race at Astoria be-
tween Pete Grant and Ed Rea was de
clared tie.
A little grandson of Noah Shank, OF
Brownsville. fell into the river and
was drowned.
/ Henry Burton, who recently came
to Oregon for his health, died on the
train near The Dalles.
Thomas Washburne, who lived
across the river from Harrisburg, was
/ found dead in his bed.
Freddie Howe, the g. year old son of
Mr.. and Mrs. ID. X. Howe, who live at
Sellwood, was drowned in the Will
jeanette.
Articles incorporating the Portland
Traction Company have been filed
with the Secretary OF State. Incorpora-
tors, Ralph Kaufman, ID. +. Sherman
and Charles Kennedy. Capital stock,
$250,000. The object is to build street
railways in various streets in Portland.
A new cannery is being built on the
| Coquille, near Pershbaker's mill, by
the Mount Hood Packing Company,
which will be ready by the time fish
ing commences. 1t will have ca
pacity of 400 cases daily. j.. w.
Hume's cannery, above Parkersburg,
which has been changed to q steam
cannery, has a capacity OF 100 cases a
day.
Alice May, daughter of John May,
OF Beaver Greek, Clackamas county,
and her sister, several years younger,
started out to gather berries The
horse became frightened and unman-
ageable. Alice said to her sister,
"Slide off, there's no use of us both be-
ing killed." Her sister obeyed and es-
capped with but slight injuries, but
Alice was thrown, and, having her foot
IN strap instead Of the stifrup, was
dragged considerable distance and
fatally injured.
| William Beagle, who died Mt the res
idence OF his daughter in Pendleton,
was one Of the earliest Oregon Pic
1neers. In the spring of A lie drove
his cattle over the Cascade mountains,
the first that were ever taken across
the trail. lie established the first
white school in the State. This was
in what is now called Washington
county and i'll the year 1915. He,
with five Others, built the first Prot
estant church in the State. 1t was
dedicated to the worship Of God by
the Baptist denomination.
| A dispatch from Ashland says The
| Chinese laborers Mt the Siski, on tun-
mel were paid oil, and at ii O'Clock at
night, while congregated in the store
of Charlie Din, u masked mob, esti-
mated Mt thirty or forty, attacked the
store and began firing. Tie China
men offered no resistance. They were
all robbed. They claim their loss at
$500. One woman was. shot in the
thigh-a flesh wound. A boy was
shot in the spine and his recovery is
/ al f,t1 A |,
head with shotgun and his skull
fractured. 1t is estimated that 100
shots were fired.
A man by the name of Bumhoff has
secured the right from the government
to fish on the Klamath Reservation at
the mouth of the Klamath river. One
of the conditions is that Bumhoff shall
pay the Indians a certain price for the
fish which are caught by them. r. ID.
Hume has found that the State Leg
islature has declared the Klamath Il
navigable stream and that he has the
right to navigate said stream and fish
therein. Hence he fitted mp fishing
plant and proceeded to the Klamath
and anchored in the stream and began
to fish. The Indians threaten to kill
Hume's men if they fish there. The
settlers along the Klamath fear trou.
BILE and they are arming themselves.
The Secretary of the Interior has
concurred in the recommendation of
the Commissioner of the General Land
Office OF May 10Th last, that Com.
mission be appointed to make thor
ough and exhaustive investigation OF
the condition of the Willamette Val
ley and Cascade Mountain Wagon
Road, The Dalles Military Road and
the Oregon Central Wagon Road, in
this State, especially as to whether
said roads have been constructed, and
whether or net the certificates of the
Governor of the completion of said
roads were obtained by false and fraud.
ulent representations made by parties
interested in obtaining said lands. The
Secretary has appointed John b. Nc
Name, Of Cleveland, Ohio, now of
the Adjrtant Generals office, to rep
resent the Department on the Com
mission, and will soon appoint two
others to represent the General Land
| Office, on recommendation of the
Commissioner. The investigation will
be commenced early in August. Com
| plant is made 10 the General Land
Office that neither of the wagon roads
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